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Dance Goes Online!

The Eastbourne College Dance Department were ecstatic to receive the results from the Great Big Dance Off National Solo Competition towards the end of last term. Out of the five people that entered, the four girls, Millie White, Alex Hawkins, Sophia Hawkins and Katie Hillyer, all of which are from Watt House were in the top 15% of dancers across the country. To top this off, Herbie Sleep from Craig House became the overall champion across all age groups. This is a great achievement for the Dance Department, and you can view Herbie Sleep’s full dance on the Eastbourne College Website and Instagram.

Herbie Sleep from Craig House became the overall dance champion across all age groups.

All our dancers are continuing with co-curricular dancing in intermediate modern and ballet, which is the equivalent of an A level examination! Lessons have been adapted and all pupils have shown great resilience. We are also very lucky to be continuing with our jazz lessons with Louise online, and we are grateful that she is still able to give up her time for us, even if it cannot be in person! Year 11 GCSE dancers are pushing through, and have now completed 60% of their overall GCSE, with all achieving amazing grades so far. The Year 10s are focusing on their theory, looking at the ways dancers move and studying specific practitioners. We hope that, once back in school, they can turn their attention towards the practical side of dance in preparation for the exam. The Year 9 pupils have been introduced to theory and have been drawing their attention to choreographing and learning routines. Miss Reid has been impressed with the dance department’s attitude towards online learning. As a company, we are working towards a new project, which shall be led by Year 12 pupil Millie White as part of her Unit Two Leadership Project for her Arts Award. Millie shall choreograph and produce an online video called, ‘The Sofa Project’ displaying how dancers are coping at home online. This will include all the dancers, and more details will be released in the future about this.

We cannot stress enough the importance of keeping out bodies active at this time, and we are so proud of our dancers for pushing on! Lets keep dancing around in our kitchens and around our pets!